La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural No. 8 7" * 70

The La Gloria Cubana Serie R No. 8 is a long, thick giant that marks this historic brand’s foray into the over 70-ring gauge arena. It’s muscular, dark coffee bean Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper is artfully placed over a Nicaraguan binder and a filler made of Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos. This splendid blend offers a potent yet flavorful smoking experience with notes of wood and spice and a sweet finish. It is handmade at the famed El Credito factory in the Dominican Republic.

• Brands
  La Gloria Cubana Serie R

  Introduced in 1999, La Gloria Cubana Serie R has become a mainstay in countless smokers' humidors, and for good reason. With an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers, this Dominican-made medium-bodied cigar offers complex notes of cedar, leather and just the right amount of spice for a delicious treat worthy of the heritage it has created since its inception. Available in a multitude of sizes, La Gloria Cubana Serie R is a requisite cigar for any smoker.
• Cigar Shape
  Giant

  The Giant was tipically a 9 inch by 52 cigar. Today, it is every cigar 8 inches and up with a ring gauge of 50 and up.
• Cigar Section
  Round

  Most cigars are round in shape, as this is how the cigars are rolled by the torcedor.
• Cigar Length
  7"

  This cigar is 7 inches long, or 177.8 mm.
• Origin
  Dominican Republic

  Most cigars are manufactured in the Caribbean and Central America.
  The Dominican Republic is the world's first producer of cigars. Most factories are located in Santiago, in the center of the island, and in close proximity to the tobacco fields grown in the fertile Cibao Valley. While tobacco and cigars have always traditionally been produced in the Dominican Republic, many Cuban cigar makers established in the Dominican Republic after the Cuban communist revolution, elevating the quality of Dominican cigars.
• Cigar Ring Gauge
  70

  The cigar ring gauge corresponds to the diameter of a cigar, this cigar has a ring gauge of 70, so his diameter is 70/64 inches or 27.69 mm.
• Strength
  Medium
• Wrapper Color
  Colorado

  Cigar wrapper color varies from green (Double Claro or Candela) to black (Maduro or Oscuro) with a full range of browns in between.
  Colorado is a medium brown color also known as EMS or English Market Selection as this used to be the color with more popularity in England than in America.
• Single Packaging
  None
• Rolling Type
  Handmade

  Handmade cigars are completely made by hand from start to finish.
• Cigar Manufacturer
  General Cigars/ST Group

  General Cigar Company manufactures premium cigars in several factories located in the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Founded by Edgar Cullman, Sr. in 1960, the company experienced incredible success with their Macanudo brand. After a series of acquisitions throughout the years that made General Cigars one of the largest cigar manufacturers in the world, the company merged with Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) in 2010.
• Cigar Wrapper
  Ecuadorian Sumatra-Seed

  The wrapper is the last tobacco leaf to be rolled on the cigar, so it is the one the smoker will see.
  Ecuador is the perfect place to grow wrappers, because it is located on the Equator! And it has rich soils too. The weather conditions, with a nearly permanent cloudy sky, provide a natural shade, protecting the wrapper plants from sunshine and allowing the tobacco to grow thin and light. Ecuador supplies Connecticut and Sumatra type wrappers to many cigar factory in the world.
• Cigar Binder
  Nicaragua

  The binder is a full tobacco leaf that is used to roll the cigar, binding the filler tobaccos together. 
  Nicaraguan cigar binders are produced mainly in Esteli and Jalapa, both lands with volcanic soil and excellent climate for growing tobacco. Binders grown in Jalapa have sweet undertones. Corojo, Habana2000, Criollo, and Maduro binders are all produced in Nicaragua.
• Cigar Filler
  Dominican Republic

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
  Filler (or “tripa” in Spanish) is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar. The Dominican Republic is considered one of the most premier tobacco growing countries in the world. The filler tobacco grown in this Caribbean island nation ranges from mild to full bodied. Olor Dominicano and Piloto Cubano are the main types of tobacco grown in the Dominican Republic.

  Nicaragua

  Filler is the term used to describe the tobacco inside a cigar or the "guts" of the cigar.
• UPC
  689674138235
  689674138228